chase the dragon
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Etymology edit
Calque of Cantonese 追龍/追龙 (zeoi1 lung4), a slang phrase of Cantonese origin from Hong Kong. "Chasing" refers to the careful movement of the liquid in order to keep it from coalescing into a single, unmanageable mass.
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Verb edit
chase the dragon (third-person singular simple present chases the dragon, present participle chasing the dragon, simple past and past participle chased the dragon)